How UN Environment is working with communities in the northern city of Kaduna to reduce environmental risks
Kaduna city, in northwestern Nigeria, is a bustling metropolis of about 1.5 million people. Established from quasi-…

Lake Chad, once one of Africa’s largest lakes, is in distress.
The lake is shared by Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; its basin – which extends as far Algeria, Libya, and Sudan – offers a lifeline to nearly 40 million…

Within the context of its environmental assessment in Ogoniland, on 25 February, the inaugural Presidential Implementation Committee was held. The PIC, UNEP's key decision-making body was attended by a number of senior…

Five West African countries have agreed to ban importing Europe's dirty fuels, a move that will dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people breath safer, cleaner air.
Together, the countries…,
Cleaner fuel to reduce air pollution for more than quarter of a billion people
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UN Environment has been supporting countries in West Africa to develop policies and standards to stop the practice of importing fuel with dangerously high sulphur levels and introduce cleaner fuels and vehicles. Reducing…

5 December 2016 – Five West African countries have agreed to ban importing Europe’s dirty fuels, a move that will dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people breath safer, cleaner air.…

This report is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP GEF project implemented between 2009 and 2012. The project goal was to build regional capacity on analysis and data generation for POPs in core matrices for the Global POPs Monitoring (GMP) to enable…

This major independent scientific assessment – carried out by UN Environment and first published in 2011 – shows that pollution from over 50 years of oil operations in the region has penetrated further and deeper than many may have supposed. The…

This is a terminal evaluation of a UNEP/GEF project implemented between 2005 and 2009. The project's main objective was to Conservation of globally significant migratory waterbirds and wetlands enhanced in the African – Eurasian flyways. The…

Nigeria – UNEP and the Green Frontiers participating schools organized a tree planting to mark World Environment Day 2011. The idea was conceived by club members and included tree planting events held in different…